Phase I

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Phase 1 Checklist (School Years 09-10 and 10-11)
Action Steps
 Product
 Notes
1. Develop Timeline
 1. Timeline of action items and products for current phase
 Fall 2010
2. Review current curriculum, resources, and instructional practices
 2. Summary of strengths and weaknesses of current curriculum, resources and instructional practices
 Product: Spring 2011
3. Survey stakeholders (students, staff, parents) needs assessment
 3. Survey and results from each stakeholder
 Students - Fall 2010
Staff - February 2011
4. Review state and national standards
 4. Copies of state and national standards
 In progress. Have reviewed ISTE standards to incorporate into continuum.
5. Review test data
 5. Summary of data analysis
 Not applicable.
6. Research best practices (instruction)
 6. Best practice research summary document
 Ongoing - see Best Practices Research page
7. Revise continua as needed
 7. Make necessary changes to current continua
 Draft May 2010. Revisit after first semester of 2010-11
8. Create criteria for selecting resources to pilot and review
 8. Document of resource selection criteria
 Hardware rubric - can tweak one Kelli had to make for her Hamline class; develop one for keyboarding programs
9. Preliminary study of any new curricular materials
 9. Gather sample materials from vendors
 Ongoing as individuals research and attend TIES, etc.
10. Inventory current resources
 10. Documentation of resource inventory
 Andy has hardware document. Should double-check software list. Mostly complete as of Feb 2010.

Should add list of software programs available
11. Create budgets for resources, staff development and curriculum design
 11. Budget grid for staff development, resource appropriation and curriculum writing
 Ongoing as part of hardware purchasing analysis.
12. Develop plans and recommendation for staff development
 12. Draft of staff professional development/in-service needs assessment
 Spring 2011
13. Develop essential learning and learner outcomes in content areas (essential outcomes)
 13. Draft of essential learnings and learner outcomes within content area
 Included in continuum
14. Teams pilot new curriculum
 14. Teams pilot the various curricular materials
 What will these materials be? Electronic portfolio? Document successes of integration done in (09-10)
15. Communicate recommendations to stakeholder groups (teachers, parents, SDSC, 916 School Board)
 15. Presentation of recommendations to stakeholder groups (SDSC Report)